12,955

Households

White Brit. · 89%

Ethnicity

Christian · 61%

Religion

Around average

Avg IMD

£225,917

Median property price

706

Postcodes

12,955

Households

White Brit. · 89%

Ethnicity

Christian · 61%

Religion

Around average

Avg IMD

£225,917

Median property price

706

Postcodes

12,955

Households

White Brit. · 89%

Ethnicity

Christian · 61%

Religion

Around average

Avg IMD

£225,917

Median property price

706

Postcodes

Sold prices in BL5

England & Wales

Property sales · BL5

HM Land Registry · BL5

Average price

£240,591

YoY: -1.5%

Median price: £212,690

View district BL5

Recent sale price trend

Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 8 sales · avg £212,187

X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)

£274k£242k£211k

Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Overview of BL5

Coordinates53.5481, -2.5157

Postcodes

706

Population (Census)

30,259

Households (Census)

12,955

Demographics in BL5

Ethnicity

Total residents: 30,266

White Brit.89.3%

Indian2.5%

Other White1.6%

Pakistani1.2%

+ other · 5.4%

Religion

Total residents: 30,259

Christian61.5%

No religion28.8%

Not answered4.5%

Muslim3.5%

Hindu1.0%

+ other · 0.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 30,259

50–6421.7%

35–4919.4%

25–3411.9%

65–7411.5%

10–157.3%

+ 6 other age groups · 28.2%

Households

Total households: 12,955

Other15.2%

Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.5%

Any member 66+13.1%

Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.1%

All members 66+10.2%

+ 7 other households · 34.9%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for BL5

Area IMD profile

This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.

Around average

Mean decile 5.90 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived

Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.90 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).